Candidates for two special election runoff races in Oktibbeha County filed their official termination reports with the Mississippi of Secretary of State’s office this week, highlighting spending in the final stretch of election season.
The deadline for individual candidates to file was Jan. 31, for the reporting period covering the entire calendar year for 2017.
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY CIRCUIT CLERK
Former Starkville Municipal Court Administrator Tony Rook is officially in office as the county’s new circuit clerk.
Rook received 51.01 percent of the vote in the Nov. 28 runoff, while challenger and MSU Receiving Services Coordinator Teresa Davis received 48.96 percent.
Rook reported $20,661 raised for the calendar year-to-date, with $10,000 listed as itemized. He then paid out $17,488.91 in the campaign effort, leaving $3,172.09 in cash on hand.
Davis reported contributions in the amount of $5,272 during the calendar year-to-date, with $1,525 listed as non-itemized. She also reported $10,843.60 paid out for the calendar year-to-date.
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK
Former interim Chancery Clerk Sharon Livingston won the Nov. 28 runoff with 54 percent of the vote against MSU contracts and grants specialist Martesa Bishop Flowers, who finished with 45 percent.
Livingston managed to pull out the victory, despite spending almost half of what her challenger doled out.
Livingston reported raising $2,850 for the calendar year-to-date, while spending $12,524.53.
Flowers raised $21,418. 74 for the calendar year-to-date, with $18,789 listed as itemized. She also reported spending all of her campaign war chest, with $12,444.31 listed as itemized, and no cash on hand.